Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “geh₂widéh₁yeti”

198 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European geh₂widéh₁yeti — including joy, rejoice, joyous, joyful, rejoicing, joyfully, joyously, joyless.

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